Welcome to the sixth installment of Getting Possessed with Kathy and the Dishwasher. Every other Thursday I have the fun of exploring the concept of possession with one of the many amazing women I have had the pleasure to meet in my almost three years of blogging. I love sharing these very talented writers with you, and the Dishwasher enjoys learning about other demonic … [Read more...]
Don’t Buy A Black Lipstick and other life lessons I wish I knew when I was younger
In less than a week, I will be 48 years old. Or, as my 14-year-old likes to say, two years from 50. Yikes, where did the time go? It seems like just yesterday, I was a 20-year-old acting student hanging out in Greenwich Village, drinking black coffee, and going to midnight showings of foreign films that I pretended I liked and understood because the guy I loved happened to … [Read more...]
My Long and Winding Road to Motherhood
My road to motherhood wasn’t easy. My husband and I endured the pain of four miscarriages before we had our beautiful son, Tom, almost 15 years ago. I’ve shared this story on the Dishwasher before and am honored to be sharing it in greater detail in the new book, Sunshine After the Storm: A Survival Guide for the Grieving Mother. This beautiful book is a labor of … [Read more...]
Getting Possessed with Kathy and the Dishwasher: 5th Victim – Debra Cole of Urban Moo Cow
Well, it’s hard to believe but this is the fifth installment of, Getting Possessed with Kathy and the Dishwasher. Welcome! Every other Thursday I explore the concept of possession with one of the many amazing women I have had the pleasure to meet in my almost three years of blogging. I love sharing these very talented writers with you, and the Dishwasher enjoys learning about … [Read more...]
Spilling the Beans
My 48th birthday is only a few weeks away. In two more years, I hit the half-century mark. When I first came into the world in 1965, the milk man brought the milk, calls were made on a rotary phone, and if you should be unlucky enough to fall asleep early on the night that Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, or A Charlie Brown Christmas was on, you were out of luck until the … [Read more...]